Writing Task 1: The Basics
Step 1: Write a complete story with a beginning, middle, and ending.
You may only use "simple sentences" on this page.
Write at least 20 simple sentences.
There are 5 simple sentence formats: (See pages 4 & 5 in handout for examples.)
1a.S+V.
1b. S+V and V.
1c. S and S + V.
3. S+V+O.
4. S+V+DO+IO.
5. S+V+IO+DO. Writing Task 1: ) This is a great start! Could you add 4 more simple sentences to the story?
1. My name is Alice.
2. I am from Japan.
3. I want to speak English very well.
4. I decided on my plan to go to the U.S.
5. I came to the United States in September 18 by myself.
6. I landed in Seattle airport (Tacoma ).
7. I stayed in Seattle for a night.
8. I met a guy in the airport.
9. His name is Ryan.
10. He was also going to Portland.
11. Ryan and I came to Portland by car.
12. It is about 200 miles from Seattle.
13. We talked a lot to each other. -The verb is "talked to".
14. Ryan is from Saudi Arabia.
15. Ryan also wants to speak English .
16. I do not know about his culture.
17. He also do not know about my curture.
18. We are really interested about each other's culture.
19.In the future, I would like to be flight attendant.
20. He wants to be a tour guide.
21. we both think English is very important for finding a good job.
22.We studied English hard to realize our goal.
23Finally,we finish our school.
24.We have a successful start in each other's career.
25.We all adore our work passionately and have determination and willpower to persist in the things we are doing.
My name is ahmad
I am 19 years old
I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia
I graduated from high-school in 2008
in summer 2008 I came to Portland
I couldnt speak English
I started taking English classes
I lived in an apartment for 6 months
I used to go to college by walking
My brothers came to Portland
I moved to a house in Beaverton
I live with my brothers
I go to college by car
I started to make friends
I wanted to improve my skills in English
I like to travel
I went to Canada and UK
I went to San Fransisco and Las Vegas
I want to go to Amesterdam
I impoved my English language
by talkig to people, read books, and listen carefully to what people say
Step 1: Write a complete story with a beginning, middle, and ending.
You may only use "simple sentences" on this page.
Write at least 20 simple sentences.
There are 5 simple sentence formats: (See pages 4 & 5 in handout for examples.)
1a.S+V.
1b. S+V and V.
1c. S and S + V.
2a. S+V+C. (C=prepositional phrase)
2b. S+V+C. (C=adverb)
2c. S+V+C. (C=adjective)
2d. S+V+C. (C=noun)
3. S+V+O.
4. S+V+DO+IO.
5. S+V+IO+DO.
Writing Task 1: ) This is a great start! Could you add 4 more simple sentences to the story?
1. My name is Alice.
2. I am from Japan.
3. I want to speak English very well.
4. I decided on my plan to go to the U.S.
5. I came to the United States in September 18 by myself.
6. I landed in Seattle airport (Tacoma ).
7. I stayed in Seattle for a night.
8. I met a guy in the airport.
9. His name is Ryan.
10. He was also going to Portland.
11. Ryan and I came to Portland by car.
12. It is about 200 miles from Seattle.
13. We talked a lot to each other. -The verb is "talked to".
14. Ryan is from Saudi Arabia.
15. Ryan also wants to speak English .
16. I do not know about his culture.
17. He also do not know about my curture.
18. We are really interested about each other's culture.
19.In the future, I would like to be flight attendant.
20. He wants to be a tour guide.
21. we both think English is very important for finding a good job.
22.We studied English hard to realize our goal.
23Finally,we finish our school.
24.We have a successful start in each other's career.
25.We all adore our work passionately and have determination and willpower to persist in the things we are doing.